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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
269-SFT9089
Employer
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Salisbury Hospital
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per anum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2025 23:59

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Band 6 Specialist Children's Respiratory Nurse

Band 6

 


Job overview

Salisbury Foundation Trust are delighted to be recruiting for a new Band 6 position in their Children's Outpatient Department.

We are looking for a highly experienced and knowledgeable children's asthma nurse to work as part of our paediatric multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will participate in leading, managing and developing a person-centred approach to caring for children and young people living with asthma and other respiratory conditions. 

The post holder will work with children and their families, to understand and manage their health and wellbeing. The role requires teaching registered and non-registered health professionals, alongside patients/families/ carers to understand their health condition.  

The aim of the role is to enable reduced hospital admissions and length of stay, having a positive influence on children and young people living with asthma. 

Main duties of the job

As a Band 6 Children and Young Persons Respiratory Nurse you will provide assessment and treatment to children and their families during respiratory clinics and following hospital attendances. 

The role will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering high quality care within current local and national guidelines, including the delivery of personalised asthma action plans and participating in the completion and interpretation of respiratory diagnostics. 

The post holder will delivery training to colleagues, in association with practice educators, in the management of respiratory conditions, including childhood asthma.

The post holder will have significant paediatric experience, alongside completion of Asthma Care for CYP (T3/4).  They will role model identified Trust values and maintain compliance of national quality standards.

Working for our organisation

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person specification

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Current RN child, Registration & NMC registration
  • Tier 3 Asthma training completed
  • Completion of Post registration respiratory CPD
  • Experience of delivering nursing to CYP with respiratory illness
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership in general CYP nursing
  • Delivery of asthma care to CYP
  • Delivery of teaching, specific to respiratory partnership
  • Contribution to service development or quality improvement

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Andrea Robson
Job title
Paediatric Matron & Trust Lead for Children
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01722336262